DESCRIPTION

Fn archive_read_data

Read data associated with the header just read.
Internally, this is a convenience function that calls
Fn archive_read_data_block
and fills any gaps with nulls so that callers see a single
continuous stream of data.

Fn archive_read_data_block

Return the next available block of data for this entry.
Unlike
Fn archive_read_data ,
the
Fn archive_read_data_block
function avoids copying data and allows you to correctly handle
sparse files, as supported by some archive formats.
The library guarantees that offsets will increase and that blocks
will not overlap.
Note that the blocks returned from this function can be much larger
than the block size read from disk, due to compression
and internal buffer optimizations.

Fn archive_read_data_skip

A convenience function that repeatedly calls
Fn archive_read_data_block
to skip all of the data for this archive entry.
Note that this function is invoked automatically by
Fn archive_read_next_header2
if the previous entry was not completely consumed.

Fn archive_read_data_into_fd

A convenience function that repeatedly calls
Fn archive_read_data_block
to copy the entire entry to the provided file descriptor.

RETURN VALUES

Most functions return zero on success, non-zero on error.
The possible return codes include:
ARCHIVE_OK
(the operation succeeded),
ARCHIVE_WARN
(the operation succeeded but a non-critical error was encountered),
ARCHIVE_EOF
(end-of-archive was encountered),
ARCHIVE_RETRY
(the operation failed but can be retried),
and
ARCHIVE_FATAL
(there was a fatal error; the archive should be closed immediately).

Fn archive_read_data
returns a count of bytes actually read or zero at the end of the entry.
On error, a value of
ARCHIVE_FATALARCHIVE_WARN
or
ARCHIVE_RETRY
is returned.

ERRORS

Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the
Fn archive_errno
and
Fn archive_error_string
functions.